INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
Monica Mazzei

Monica Mazzei

High Net Worth 2026

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Ranked in 1 practice area

Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth

California

6 years ranked

About

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High Net Worth

Practice Areas

Family Law

Family Office & Wealth Management

Career

Monica Mazzei is a Partner in Buchalter’s San Francisco office and the chair of the Firm’s Family Law group. Monica is a Certified Family Law Specialist representing high net worth clients. She represents clients throughout California, with a concentration in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, as well as Los Angeles.

For over two decades, Monica has specialized in dissolution actions involving complicated valuation and financial matters, complex community property, support issues and international issues, and dissolutions of marriage matters involving hedge funds, private equity, venture capital and privately held businesses. She also drafts and negotiates cohabitation agreements, pre-marital and post-marital agreements.

Monica takes a modern approach to the practice of family law – addressing various needs for her clients related and unrelated to their family law case. Monica has relationships with top professionals such as forensic accountants, mental health professionals, real estate agents, financial advisors and business valuation experts. She also works closely with estate planning attorneys to offer creative solutions for her clients and ensure their agreements reflect their current objectives.

Monica is a frequent lecturer and speaker on family law matters. She is a staunch advocate against domestic abuse in her pro bono work.

For more information: https://www.buchalter.com/lawyer/monica-mazzei/

Chambers Review

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Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth - California

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Individual Editorial

Monica Mazzei is the chair of Buchalter's family law practice in San Francisco. She is well known for representing wealthy clients in the Bay Area on divorce settlements, pre- and post-marital agreements.

Strengths

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  • Monica is such a good lawyer. She is a very aggressive advocate for her clients. She is good for tough cases.

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  • Monica gets the job done. She understands the issues and works on complex cases. She is certainly responsive and appropriately thoughtful in moving cases along effectively.

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